Lessons Learned Along the Way: The Florida Public Archaeology Network after Ten Years

Lees, William B.; Scott-Ireton, Della A.; Miller, Sarah

doi:10.1080/14655187.2015.1112690

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“…In 2015, the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN), a statewide organization established in 2005 to help protect Florida's archaeological sites through education and outreach, began a new effort to engage the public and monitor at-risk heritage in Florida (33,34). After 10 years of working with the public, increased awareness of global warming and SLR caused FPAN to consider how to address the climate emergency through education and outreach, assistance to local governments, and assistance to Florida's Division of Historical Resources (35,36).…”

Section: A View From Floridamentioning

confidence: 99%

Coastal heritage, global climate change, public engagement, and citizen science

Dawson

Hambly

Kelley

et al. 2020

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Climate change is threatening an uncalculated number of archaeological sites globally, totaling perhaps hundreds of thousands of culturally and paleoenvironmentally significant resources. As with all archaeological sites, they provide evidence of humanity’s past and help us understand our place in the present world. Coastal sites, clustered at the water’s edge, are already experiencing some of the most dramatic damage due to anthropogenic climate change, and the situation is predicted to worsen in the future. In the face of catastrophic loss, organizations around the world are developing new ways of working with this threatened coastal resource. This paper uses three examples from Scotland, Florida, and Maine to highlight how new partnerships and citizen science approaches are building communities of practice to better manage threatened coastal heritage. It compares methods on either side of the Atlantic and highlights challenges and solutions. The approaches are applicable to the increasing number of heritage sites everywhere at risk from climate change; the study of coastal sites thus helps society prepare for climate change impacts to heritage worldwide.

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Section: A View From Floridamentioning

confidence: 99%

Coastal heritage, global climate change, public engagement, and citizen science

Dawson

Hambly

Kelley

et al. 2020

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Secondly, and closely related to the first category, are publications scrutinising related legislation (e.g. Deckers, 2019;Deckers et al, 2016;Lees et al, 2015;Levada, 2013;Petkova, 2004;Rodr ıguez Temiño et al, 2019;Sayej, 2019;Trivedi, 2018). Thirdly, and most recently, archaeologists have analysed the hobby as a heritage phenomenon (Balco et al, 2018;Brodie, 2006;Dobat, 2013;Enqvist, 2014;Hart and Chilton, 2015;Thomas, 2012Thomas, , 2019Wessman et al, 2016;Wilson and Harrison, 2013).…”

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Metal detecting as a social formation: A longitudinal survey study from Finland

Immonen

Kinnunen

2020

Journal of Social Archaeology

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The hobby of metal detecting has mostly been examined from the perspectives of archaeology and heritage administration. Although fulfilling archaeological needs, such an approach neglects the social analysis of this pastime. In 2019, we conducted a survey of metal detector enthusiasts and heritage professionals in Finland, the results of which are compared with those of a corresponding survey carried out in 2014. Within five years, metal detecting has become an established practice, and following the Finnish custom, registered associations for amateurs have emerged to organize the field. This longitudinal survey highlights its importance to civil society, with regard to the ways in which metal detecting develops as a hobby and as a means for amateurs to engage with heritage management.

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“…The University of Florida has established another site-based program at the Pineland site near Fort Myers. Numerous towns and counties have preservation ordinances that address archaeology, and some employ preservation archaeologists (Lees, Scott-Ireton, and Miller 2016).…”

Section: The Florida Public Archaeology Network: Public Engagement Anmentioning

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The Future of American Archaeology

Klein¹,

Goldstein²,

Gangloff³

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Adv. archaeol. pract.

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Over the past several years, we have seen many attacks on publicly funded and mandated archaeology in the United States. These attacks occur at the state level, where governors and state legislatures try to defund or outright eliminate state archaeological programs and institutions. We have also seen several attacks at the federal level. Some members of Congress showcase archaeology as a waste of public tax dollars, and others propose legislation to move federally funded or permitted projects forward without consideration of impacts on archaeological resources. These attacks continue to occur, and we expect them to increase in the future. In the past, a vigilant network of historic preservation and archaeological organizations was able to thwart such attacks. The public, however, largely remains an untapped ally. As a discipline, we have not built a strong public support network. We have not demonstrated the value of archaeology to the public, beyond a scattering of educational and informational programs. In this article, we—a group of archaeologists whose work has focused on public engagement—provide a number of specific recommendations on how to build a strong public constituency for the preservation of our nation's archaeological heritage.

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Lessons Learned Along the Way: The Florida Public Archaeology Network after Ten Years

Cited by 8 publications

References 2 publications

Coastal heritage, global climate change, public engagement, and citizen science

Coastal heritage, global climate change, public engagement, and citizen science

Metal detecting as a social formation: A longitudinal survey study from Finland

The Future of American Archaeology

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